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I was guessing cave paintings before you explained!

Emboldened by the ever increasing extreme views in all areas that are suddenly seen as acceptable. Sad that so many have kept these views over the years and now feel safe to give voice to them.

She really does upset the smallest of small men who have no achievements of their own.

I have previously conducted this experiment and I found it was 16. I'm excited to compare notes.

Buying books and reading books are two entirely different hobbies.

On the off chance that you haven't already seen this excavation report from the Roman dig...

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I've dragged my children to so many ancient sites in the hopes of inspiring a similar origin story but so far nothing seems to have worked! Can't force it I suppose...

Caer Seion and some shameless self promotion for #HillfortsWednesday

One of two hill forts to give the name to the nearby village of Dwygyfylchi - Two Forts. The other was shamefully destroyed by mining in the early 1900's.

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They regularly fly low over our house. My wife is a mechanical engineer and gets giddy every single time!

After much work LocalHistories.net is up and running. Post your favourite historic sites or any sites you'd like more information on from people in the know. Comment, like, follow, all that sort of shenanigans.

A century of Selsdon captured in new exhibition’s photographs CHRIS JONES, Editor of The Selsdon Gazette, the publication of the area’s residents’ association, outlines a century of suburban growth, which is now the subject of a free exhibition at…

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I'm reading it now. It's excellent.

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A grey flint stone tool, pear shaped being held in a hand over a table

This is a small, very carefully made and repeatedly resharpened flint knife made a Neanderthal person around 50,000 years ago.
It was discarded on the south coast of Jersey, carried far as an important part of their personal equipment.
Now cared for by @jerseyheritage
#FlintFriday
🦣🏺

Enjoy your Christmas books, everyone!

The weird and wonderful Maiden Castle, Yorkshire Dales, with its peculiar stone avenue and adjacent burial mound 🤔
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The site has never been dated, and it's not clear whether it is Iron Age, Bronze Age, or Anglo-Saxon.
#HillfortsWednesday #archaeology #Dales #Yorkshire #travel

I'm not sure reading is one of their skills to be honest.

World's Oldest Hand Stencils Were Made By Neanderthals In The Maltravieso Cave 66,000 Years Ago - Ancient Pages Inside the Maltravieso Cave in Spain, researchers have carefully examined several fascinating ancient rock paintings. Dating cave art is typically challenging because mineral-based pigments cannot be ...

World’s Oldest Hand Stencils Were Made By Neanderthals In The Maltravieso Cave 66,000 Years Ago www.ancientpages.com/2024/12/09/s...

Got to admire someone who has so few problems in their lives that they can focus on ridiculous non-issues like this. I can't imagine he has many willing participants in his conversations.

A lot of people will tell you we're a Roman Palace.

We are in fact a moon-sized super-weapon capable of destroying a planet.

(Better with sound).

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